Man jailed for stabbing ex-partner in neck

Rose Kenny was attacked near her home in Dublin by Denis Leahy, who pleaded guilty to attempted murderCOURTPIX

A man who launched a “vicious” knife attack on his former partner has been jailed for 14 years.

Denis Leahy, 50, of Queen Street, Dublin 7, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Rose Kenny, 51, at School Street Flats, also in Dublin, after the case had opened to the jury at the Central Criminal Court. He had previously pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Ms Kenny.

Ms Kenny was attacked on the stairwell of her apartment complex on her way to work in a local crèche on September 23, 2014. She suffered three stab wounds to her neck, one of which went through her larynx, and three stab wounds to her chest.

The court was previously told that Leahy attacked…

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